Modi is Yahoo’s most-searched politician; Priyanka Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee follow

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is at the fourth spot.

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Updated: May 06, 2019, 06.49 PM IST

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From left: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee.

NEW DELHI: In this election season, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

is the most-searched politician in India, followed by Congress General Secretary

Priyanka Gandhi

Vadra and West Bengal Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee

, according to the poll search trends on Yahoo India.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi comes fourth, as per Yahoo, which released the data on Monday for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, reflecting what the users are looking for on Yahoo India in terms of the elections and the political figures they want to know more about.

A Yahoo statement said after Modi, Priyanka Gandhi, Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi are stealing the top most-searched spots, in that order, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu also makes the cut.

The most-searched politicians’ list also includes Manohar Parrikar, late Chief Minister of Goa, Priyanka Chaturvedi, former Congress spokesperson who recently shifted to the Shiv Sena, Communist Party of India candidate Kanhaiya Kumar and Congress’ Hardik Patel, the Yahoo statement said.

New entrants into the Indian polity, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Gautam Gambhir, a former cricketer, and Congress’ Urmila Matondkar, an actress, are also among the most-searched politicians.

ET's-dualpane---2019-05-06T Gautam Gambhir (L) and Urmila Matondkar are also among the most-searched politicians.The online search engine also released the “most-searched Indian general election 2019 terms’, based on Yahoo India proprietary search data.

‘Lok Sabha elections 2019’ topped the list, with ‘Voter ID’ landing at number two.

The Election Commission came in at the third place, followed by the National Voter Service Portal, and the ‘BJP Candidate List’ rounding off the few at the top of the most-searched election terms.

“Other top searches in this category include information Indian users have sought, including ‘Lok Sabha Election Schedule’, ‘Voter list’ (how to check name in voter list, voter list online) and ‘Voter ID application status’, among others,” Yahoo said.

Poll-Pourri: Sunny Deol, Urmila & Other Stars Who’ve Joined Politics

Stars Of Politics

23 Apr, 2019

It’s counting day today and all eyes are on the political scoreboard. From seasoned to the newbies, a bunch of stars are trying their luck at the polls today. Actor-producer Sunny Deol, Urmila Matondkar and Gautam Gambhir are hoping to score on their debuts today.

Here are some film stars who have dabbled in politics over the years.

Urmila Matondkar

23 Apr, 2019

Weeks before the 17th Lok Sabha elections kicked off, actress Urmila Matondkar shook hands with the Indian National Congress (INC). The 45-year-old actress was welcomed in the party by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

The ‘Rangeela’ actress, who is contesting from the Mumbai North constituency against BJP MP Gopal Shetty, is hoping to score a victory.

Poonam Sinha

25 Apr, 2019

Actress Poonam Sinha, wife of actor Shatrughan Sinha, became a part of the SP in April this year. The 69-year-old is trying her luck against BJP leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow.

Jaya Prada

23 Apr, 2019

Actress-turned-politician Jaya Prada’s ongoing political career kicked off in 1994 when she joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). In 2004, the 57-year-old became a part of the Samajwadi Party (SP). However, in 2010, she was expelled due to anti-party activities.

In March this year, Prada joined BJP. She is set to take on her friend-turned-foe, SP’s Azam Khan, from Rampur today.

Hans Raj Hans

25 Apr, 2019

Singer Hans Raj Hans first stint with politics was in 2009 when he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). He resigned from the party in 2014. Two years later, in 2016, he joined the Congress party. However, he did not feel welcome in the Rahul Gandhi-led party. In the same year, he switched to the BJP.

In the 17th Lok Sabha polls, the singer is competing against Congress’s Udit Raj from North-west Delhi.

If he proves victorious today, he will be one of the leading Dalit faces from the party.

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